Quote:Credential theft was substantially up in the United States during the third quarter – even as declines were charted in Europe and Asia.

Periodic analysis from Blueliv shows a whopping 141 percent increase in compromised credentials from North American targets between June and August compared to the March through May period. In contrast, there were fewer compromised European and Asian credentials detected over same period (22 percent and 36 percent decreases respectively).

“These trends in cybercriminal success rates suggest that there have been some profitable campaigns in the North American region over the summer quarter,” Blueliv analysts said, in a posting this week.